Rochdale MP Paul Rowen has called on the Government to start "treating our pensioners with the respect they deserve." Paul, who is the Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for Works and Pensions, was speaking out at the 11th Annual Pensioner's Parliament held this week in Blackpool.
Voting for the local and European elections has now closed. Counting for the Bedford Borough Council elections begins tomorrow at 9.30am. bedfordlibdems.org.uk will have the latest election results news tomorrow as it happens, with the first results expected later on in the morning. Counting for the European election takes place on Sunday.
The Lib Dems' Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Edward Davey MP, has written to William Hague detailing some of the widespread charges of racism, homophobia and climate change denial made against the Conservatives' allies, the Polish Law and Justice Party and its European Parliament candidates.
Newcastle East Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Spokesman Greg Stone has called upon Northumbria Police to give the public greater access to crime mapping data.
Figures obtained by Newcastle East Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Spokesman Greg Stone identifies that annual Government spending on mass-media advertising has increased by nearly ten times the rate of inflation over the last year.
With polls open until 10pm tonight, don't forget to vote in today's crucial local and European elections. The Liberal Democrats are fighting to win seats in urban and rural areas across the Borough in the important elections for the new unitary Bedford Borough Council, which faces the task of turning around many years of high-taxing Tory failure on the County Council. Meanwhile, the issues the Lib Dems have been fighting on in the European elections include action to tackle cross-border crime and terrorism and climate change. Make your vote count in today's two vital elections!